Severe storm sweeps Chicago and midwest causing floods
A May night storm raked Chicago flooding basements and theaters, with 3.10 inches of rain in an hour. Downtown hotels faced outages as power halted briefly. storms also lashed Belleville and O''Fallon with roof and water damage. Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma reports of tornadoes hail and crop loss. no serious injuries.
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Chicago
Grand Opera House
Studebaker
Palmer House
Hall
Belleville
National Hotel
St. Louis
O'’Fallon
Wachter
Opera House
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fremont
Hooper
Marshall County
Nea
Marysville
Atchison, Kan
Elk City
Okla
Vincinity
Roger Mills County
Territory
Oshkosh Storm Floods Streets and Damages Crops
Oshkosh reports the hardest rainstorm in its history with curb to curb flooding in the business district. Gardens and fruit suffer, crossings and sidewalks overflow. Western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota also see wind storms, washouts, and a Mound Prairie landslide. In Grand Forks a barn burns after a lightning strike, and a farmhand is killed.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Hall
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mound Prairie
Lightning deaths and storm damage across Indiana
Storm reports from Indiana detail fatalities and property losses. Douglas Sutherlin, a 40 year old farmer near Rockville, was killed by lightning. Cattle and fruit trees were struck near Plainfield. A public report notes extensive wind damage in Monoquet Pierce Township and Sullivan County, with churches and schools unroofed and several farms hit. Pendleton saw a barn struck and horses injured, while bridges and oil derricks suffered across Shoals and surrounding areas. Rivers rose and crops were damaged, with numerous oil wells toppled and rail lines affected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rockville
Ind
Douglas Sutherlin
Plainfield
Abram Peacock
John Gibbs
Sullivan
Scott McCord
Hadden Township
Warsaw
Monoquet
Piereceton
Dillich
Berkey
Eiinon’s
Journal
Shoals
Decatur
Portland
Bluffton
Decision Here On Strike Impact At Bituminous Region
The article notes potential wage and productivity effects if the convention decides to extend the strike into the bituminous region. It states a $25,000 cash figure and mentions a possible increase of $150,000, with widespread unemployment looming as suspension of work would idle thousands of workers.
Mitchell resists moving miners to work elsewhere
Wilkes Barre reports President Mitchell occupied with personal matters amid a brewing strike in May. The situation centers on anthracite miners and potential relocation. no clear proposals or timeline emerged as officials monitored developments from the strike headquarters.
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Silion
Mitchell
Chicago
National Headquarters
Indianapolis
West
West Virginia
Shamokin
Ninth District Executive Board
Wilkesbarre
George Kartlein
Associated Press
Miners' CampForms at Blairsville As Strikes Continue
Blairsville Pa is hosting a camp where 1000 striking miners gather with a Carnegie brass band. They plan daily parades and stay until operators sign an agreement. President Dolan urges moral suasion and rejects violence. Springfield Ill confirms Litchfield Union 827 suspended for striking and not returning to work.
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Blairsville
Carnegie
Dolan
Springfield
Ill
United Mine Workers of America Today
Litchfield Union
Strikers Allowed to Picket Brown Plant Under Ban on Violence
In Zanesville Ohio on May 24 Judge J H Mackey of Cambridge ruled in Brown Manufacturing Company case. The decision permits strikers to persuade assemble and picket the plant but prohibits any acts of violence or intimidation.
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Zanesville, O
J. H. Mackey
Cambridge
Brown Manufacturing Company
Roebling firm raises wages for 4000 workers
In Trenton on May 24 John A Roebling's Sons Company announced a voluntary wage increase averaging 10 percent for its 4000 employees. Charles G Roebling said the rise reflects the higher cost of living. The firm, a producer of wire and wire rope, is supplying wire cables for the new East River bridge.
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Trenton
N. J
John A. Roebling
Baptist leader alleges political deal with Archbishop Ireland
At the Baptist Home Missionary Society session in St Paul Rev T J Morgan claimed Archbishop Ireland wields strong political power and asserted Morally certain that in the last election Mark Hanna struck a bargain with Ireland to gain concessions for the Roman Church in Indian schools. He tied Romanism Mormonism heathenism and Christian science as obstacles to progress and warned of entangled church politics.
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Mark Hanna
Republican Party
Archbishop Ireland
Roman Church
Executive Board
Kittridge
New York
Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society of
Chicago
Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society of
Boston
United States
Alaska
Porto Rico
Cuba
Mexico
Frank R. Hathaway
Doane
Protestant Episcopal Church
Henry G. Weston
Pennsylvania
Alvah Newey
Newton
Mass
C. W. Meacham
Washington, D. C
Lemuel Moss
Ninth Earl of Burke Dies in Cheyenne at 95
Dr. William Craig Burke dies in Cheyenne at his son T. F. Burke's home. A Dartmouth 1835 alumnus, the oldest living alumnus. He helped form the church council that tried Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Funeral Monday afternoon in Cheyenne. interment in South Norwalk, Connecticut.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
William Craig Burke
T. F. Burke
United States
Dartmouth College
Henry Ward Beecher
South Norwalk
Conn
Arkansas City Tragedy Ends in Double Fatality
Frank Wilson shot and seriously wounded his wife then killed Abner Canter before taking his own life in Arkansas City Kansas on May 4. Wilson suspected Canter of affairs with his wife, triggering the deadly sequence.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Frank Wilson
Abner Canter
Wilson
Canter
Our Best Advertisements Are the Diamonds We Sell
A fragmented ad claims our best advertising is the diamonds we have sold and the customers' word. It mentions J JLLALL diamonds jewelry and repair services with broken branding and unclear spelling.
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jJewbev
Renairtrz
Howlers and Whirlers Dervishes in Damascus Exhibit
W E Curtis reports Damascus hosts two dervish sects the Mevlevi and the Rufal. Mevlevi whirl as trance worship while Rufal howl in convulsive rites with drums and chant. Both charge fees for unbelievers and employ mourners, linking their acts to revivalist camp meetings and ancient Jewish lament traditions.
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W. E. Curtis
Damascus
Chicago Record-Herald
United States
Mevlana
Persia
Canterbury
England
Turkey
Osman
Ahmed Rufal
Mecca
Syria
David
Absalom
Jeremiah
Antioch
Jerusalem
Dervishes Among The Easts Most Repulsive Classes
The narrator notes the dervishes, along with lepers and beggars, as among the most repulsive groups in the East, proud of their distinctive skills and well paid by bereaved relatives for causing disturbances.
The Heart in Man. Leslie's Weekly portrayal of compassion
A collection of urban acts of mercy shows humanity’s tender side amid rough sports and chaos. A man and boy rescue sparrows from an electric globe, a cop saves kitten from a fire, and a frightened animal crosses a street while streetcar drivers pause. The episodes reveal hidden kindness beneath a hard urban surface.
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Leslie's Weekly
Kansan shale deposits promise vast gold wealth
Nebraska State Journal reports western Kansas shale beds with average gold value about 28 per ton. Dr Fahrig of Philadelphia claims a process to extract at 2 per ton, yielding an unearned increment valued at cents per ton. Farmers foresee wealth as shale occupies little space on farms.
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Nebraska State Journal
Kansas
Philadelphia
Fahrig
Munsey to lecture on Journalism at Yale
The Chicago Post reports Frank A. Munsey has been chosen to give a course of lectures at Yale on Journalism. Yale aims to guide students toward newspaper work by selecting a police reporter to conduct the course while new pianos are advertised at Wulschnera from $18.
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Chicago Post
Frank A. Munsey
Yale
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